Leon Krige
Leon Krige (b. 1962, JHB, South-Africa) studied architecture at the Wits, JHB South-Africa, 1981-86 and Staedelschule Frankfurt, Germany 1987-89. He teaches architecture at University of JHB, photographing cities at night as research on urban transformation and people from communities in transformation.
Work shown at Velo, Fada & Nirox galleries JHB, 2012, JHB FNB art fair 2013 & 2015, 1-54 Art fair Somerset House London 2015, Courtauld Institute East wing, London, 2015, Cape Town & JHB art fair 2016 / 2017, Agog gallery JHB 2016, University of JHB GSA graduate school of architecture 2017, Solo Gallery Agog 2018, JHB, Cities in Transition, ABC architecture museum Haarlem Netherlands 2019, 1st prize PIVOT international urban design photographic competition October 2021, Altered Landscapes, Solo at Summa, November 2021
Astragallo (Arg)issue 29 Divided Cities, Cover+photo essay+refereed text, Bauhaus Africa, book chapter 2022
Déjà vu, solo exhibition at Fassler Gallery, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, April 2024
Belfast Stitched, solo exhibition at Belfast Exposed, Ireland June – Sept 2024. UJ Arts Centre “The Centre cannot Hold” solo exhibition September 2024